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How much should your company spend on marketing in 2018? On a recent Facebook Live, we discussed some of the factors impacting marketing budgets for 2018. From what has transpired in 2017, what's projected in 2018, to what is working best in digital marketing and what to pull back on, our broadcast covers many of the considerations when finalizing your marketing spend for 2018.

We’ve written several articles about online marketing budgets in a variety of industries, and as we've worked with security alarm companies across the country, we’ve identified a realistic marketing budget calculation for firms providing a combination of commercial and residential security offerings.

On our recent Facebook Live broadcast, we discussed some of the many ways that marketing automation workflows can be employed to accelerate sales cycles, re-engage cold leads, retain customers and more.

Marketing automation is not a brand new concept, and some research shows that up to half of all businesses are using some form of marketing automation. While that sounds high, it speaks to the variety of options available for companies ranging from quite small to very large. So what exactly is marketing automation, and why should you care?

The 2017 State of Inbound report is here, and it delivers some insights that may change the way organizations align sales and marketing.

Could your display ad campaigns be doomed? In the last episode of WebStrategies Live, we covered the latest news on ad blockers, and there has been a lot of news lately.

Historically, LinkedIn advertising has lagged behind other digital ad platforms, like Facebook and Google, in terms of targeting capabilities. For that reason, we haven't recommended investing a lot of ad dollars or time in the social network. Until now. As of April 2017, LinkedIn is right back in the mix for B2B advertising. New targeting options offer some exciting opportunities to really narrow in on an audience and reach them with just the right message.

Digital ads are the oldest digital channel, but haven't always been very effective. In the last episode of WebStrategies Live, we covered targeting strategies that can dramatically improve digital advertising results.

There aren't a lot of people saying this, but direct mail marketing is dead. Actually... Direct mail can still earn pretty remarkable returns, especially in certain industries. But, the ROI that direct mail offers has slowly decreased over time while ROI for email marketing continues to grow.

In the latest episode of WebStrategies Live, we discussed those pesky things that probably drive many of you crazy.